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Budget 2014: No change

By Heather Jameson | 26 March 2014

Local government will need to continue being creative in delivering quality, cut-price services –...

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District View by David Cook

By David Cook | 26 March 2014

DCEN finance lead and Kettering BC chief executive analyses what the Budget meant for districts.

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PluggedIn: Paul O'Brien

By Paul O'Brien | 26 March 2014

Public sector outsourcing is at a crossroads, writes APSE chief executive.

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Soapbox by Mark Rogers

By Mark Rogers | 26 March 2014

Councils can do without a 'Strictly Come Dancing' style ranking competition, writes Birmingham Ci...

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A missed opportunity for the two Eds

By Michael Burton | 26 March 2014

After four years of austerity we are still nowhere near seeing the light at the end of the tunnel...

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DCLG holds the line on council tax freeze

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2014

Eric Pickles hails official figures showing three-in-five English councils have accepted a Govern...

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Sir Merrick's fiscal rallying cry

By Jonathan Werran | 26 March 2014

Local authorities should be free to set the pace of their own fiscal devolution, chairman of the ...

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Councils complain of 'lukewarm'partners

By MJ Correspondent | 26 March 2014

Council bosses have been warned of potential tensions in their relationships with key external pa...

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MP queries returning officer's role

By Jamie Hailstone | 26 March 2014

A Welsh MP demands Whitehall probe into Carmarthernshire chief executive's role as elections retu...

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Axing of welfare support grant is 'fundamental mistake'

By MJ Correspondent | 26 March 2014

Axing of the grant for local welfare support a ‘fundamental mistake’, the Conservative chairman o...